imsel

"I gaed oot," the woman said, "meanin 'to leave' im to 'imsel', but my bairn wouldna come, an 'he said,' Never mind her, 'so I left her wi'

A Window in Thrums 1898

"Leak, Ailie, Bobby's wantin 'somethin', an 'is juist haudin' 'imsel'."

Greyfriars Bobby Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson 1902

For all there was sic fear ower the hale farm-toon 'at naebody would gang ower the door alane after the gloamin' cam, the mester said he wasna fleid to sleep i 'the kitchen by' imsel.

A Window in Thrums 1898

She was ane o 'the warst agin me at first, but she telt me i' the buryin 'ground' at when a man mairit he should please 'imsel.

A Window in Thrums 1898

At ord'nar times there's no ony mair lichtsome place than a farm after the men hae come in to their supper, but at the Bog we sat dour an 'sullen; an' there wasna a mason or a farm-servant 'at would gang by' imsel as far as the end o 'the hoose whaur the peats was keepit.

A Window in Thrums 1898

Ay, I mind the tailor's sendin 'the laddie for the money owin' him; he hadna the speerit to venture again within soond o 'the cradle' imsel.

A Window in Thrums 1898